Brown said the homicidal rampage apparently began at the residence of suspect Elliot Rodger.

Authorities found three males stabbed to death there.

Rodger then apparently proceeded to Alpha Phi sorority house on Embarcardero del Norte, where residents reported “loud and aggressive” knocking that lasted for over a minute but they refused to open the door.

Witnesses said Rodger then opened fire on three women standing across the street from the sorority house, fatally injuring Weiss and Katherine Breanne Cooper, 22, also a UC Santa Barbara student.

Brown said Rodger then drove over to a nearby delicatessen, got out of his black BMW, and shot and killed Christopher Ross Michael-Martinez, 20, yet another UC Santa Barbara student.

The victims’ family and friends expressed grief over their loss.

“My heart goes out to the family of Veronika Weiss,” wrote Chad Scott on Twitter. “Veronika was a Westlake graduate killed in yesterday’s UCSB shooting. Rest in peace.”

Weiss was in her first year at the university. She was a member of the Westlake girls’ water polo team, according to published reports.

Santa Barbara attorney Richard Martinez said the victim killed at the deli was his son, an English major who had hoped to graduate in three years and go to law school like his father.

Richard Martinez told reporters outside the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department headquarters that he would like to get together with families of deceased for support.

He said he and his son chatted just 45 minutes before he died. He had been talking with his father about preparations to go to London.

“He was the most warm, loving, kind hearted kid you could ask for,” the elder Martinez said as he cried. “He had a beautiful soul. He was kind and thoughtful.”

At the earlier press conference, Martinez shook visibly with anger over the death of his son and derided gun laws and lobbyists.

“The talk about gun rights. What about Chris’ right to live?” Martinez said. “When will enough people say: ‘Stop this madness! We don’t have to live like this! Too many people have died!”

He then punctuated his words as he said, “We should say to ourselves: ‘Not! One! More!’” before dissolving into tears and falling to his knees as he stepped from the podium.

He pulled out a photo of his son as a small child in Chicago Cubs baseball uniform and said they used to call him “mini-Sammy Sosa,” referring to the former Cubs star.

“Chris was a really great kid,” Martinez said. “Ask anyone who knew him. His death has left our family lost and broken.”

The sheriff did not release the names of the other fatalities, saying they had yet to be positively identified. He said the investigation was still ongoing.

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